rump
rump
Definition
rump (rump)
noun
- the hind part of the body of an animal, where the legs and back join, or the sacral part of a bird
- a cut of meat, usually beef, from this part, behind the loin and above the round
- the buttocks
- the last, unimportant or inferior part; mere remnant
- a legislature or other body having only a remnant of its former membership, as because of expulsions, and hence regarded as unrepresentative and without authority
Etymology: ME rumpe < ON rumpr, akin to Ger rumpf, trunk (of the body) < IE base *remb-, *romb-, to chop, notch > Czech roubiti, to chop
rump
Synonyms
rump
n.
rump
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- lamb: My guest also had the rump of lamb from the table d'hote menu.
- horse: See how great rumps of vivid horses rise like landscape in the foreground!
Converse of object
- have: However, the old school had a sufficiently large rump of pupils for the final assembly to become a farce!
- leave: As Mike Baker says: " This will leave only a tiny rump of non-specialist schools.
- roast: For his next course Marc chose roasted rump of lamb with a sweetbread in truffle crust and tarragon and tomato jus.
- become: In terms of projecting success, New Labor will become an ideological rump.
Adjective modifier
- pale: The pale rump was obvious which clinched the identification.
- white: The white rump contrasts starkly with the black tail.
- gray: Some birds had white rump of typical form but most had gray rumps.
- yellow: The 2 can be told apart by the lack of a bright yellow rump in the Brimstone and its pale, stout bill.
- small: But Saddam's small rump of supporters aided and abetted by foreign terrorists.
- bright: The 2 can be told apart by the lack of a bright yellow rump in the Brimstone and its pale, stout bill.
Modifies a noun
- steak: In Scotland, it is the name for prime rump steak.
- patch: The most common variety has a white spotted chestnut coat, with a white rump patch and a fairly long tail.
- length: The effect of first trimester crown rump length ( CRL ) measurement on rates of induction of labor for postdates.
- session: I also gave a rump session talk on the subject at FSE in February.
- color: The views we got allowed us to see the clear facial and rump color differences from the Arabian Serin.
- service: The NHS will become a rump service for the sick, the poor, the old and emergency care.
Noun used with modifier
rump Quotes
Boys do now cry 'Kiss my Parliament!' instead of 'Kiss myarse!'so great and general a contempt is the Rump come to among all men, good and bad.
Browse dictionary entries near rump
- rumormonger
- rumored
- rumor
- rummy
- rummer
- rummage sale
- rummage
- ruminate
- ruminant
- Rumford
- Rump Parliament
- Rumpelstiltskin
- rumple
- rumpus
- rumpus room
- rumrunner
- run
- run after
- run amok
- run away
